look out for number one
Example Sentences
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I paid consider'ble attention to your preachin' yesterday and the text seemed to be to look out for number one.
From The Depot Master by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
First: the let-alone policy; every man to look out for number one.
From Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages by Calvin Coolidge
Thompson hadn't quite taken as his gospel the sound business ethic that you must look out for number one first, last and always.
From Burned Bridges by Bertrand W. Sinclair
"Ah, well you've shown that you know how to look out for number one," he said.
From The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Waken up, man; look out for number one; and, in the words of the illustrious Vanderbilticus, let the public be d—ee—d!
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
